Stocking



S. l. BURD ET AL July 16, 1940.

STOCKING Filed April 6, 1940 J u d M/ Patented July 16,1940 l y 2,208,300

UNITEDl STATES PATENT- OFFICE- STOCKING samuel I. Bure and Martin M. Bura, Philaaelphia, Pa.

Application April 6, 1940, Serial No. 328,356 l 2 Claims. (Cl. 66-185) This invention pertains to knitted hosiery, and of the width of the tab, for example, to a wale is directed to the reinforcement of portions of spaced away from the topping wale. In the practhe hosiery with elastic yarn. tice of the invention shown the elasticyarn ex- In the normal wear of stockings, certain portends between the rear edge of the heel tab at I4 i tions are subjected to greater wear, the areas of to the wale indicated-at l5.

greatest wear being in the toe and heel. Deteri- The area of fabric bounded by the courses I0 oration due to wear in the areas of the toe and and Il, and the wales I4 and l5, permits the heel heel results from the fabric rubbing against the to be stretched in all directions and enables the shoes of the wearer. There is an additional facstocking to yield across the instep indicated by l0 tor in that the fabric is subjected to its greatest I6, and between the instep and the tip ofv the lo strain at these points which renders them more heel. In addition, the elastic yarn is of a qualsusceptible to wear. ity to resist wear by rubbing against the shoe.

The object of the present invention is to rein- The preferred practice of the invention also force the stocking against wear by providing includesa toe 1 which is elastic. At a predeelastic areas, which relieve the strain on the termined course after the toe is reached, as for fabric, as well as resist the abrasive action in -k example at I1,the usual toe reinforcing yarn is cident to rubbing. preferably discontinued, and elastic yarn is sub- The invention is susceptible of a number of stituted therefor. The elastic yarn used in the modifications, certain of these being shown in toe 1 may be of the same type and quality as that the accompanying drawing, in which used in the heel 8. The knitting of the elastic 2o Figure 1 shows the'invention as applied to a continues, preferably to the terminal or looping full fashioned stocking', course I8, across the tip of the toe.

Figure 2 shows the invention as applied to a It will be noted that the elastic area extends seamless stocking; and around the back, and around the bottom of the Figure 3 shows a modication of the invention. heel to a predetermined wale or course in any re- 25 In Figure 1 is shown a portion of a conventional spective direction, likewise the elastic area exfuli fashioned Stocking embodying the invention, tends all around the toe and around the front of and comprising the foot portion 5 as a continuthe toe from the top to the bottom of the foot,

' ation of the leg portion 6. The foot portion 5 to a predetermined course at I1. It extends to includes-the toe 1 and the heel and through the heel narrowing line I9 which 30 The leg is knitted in`the usual manner, on the fashions the heel, and the toe narrowing lines legger, to include the heel 8, knitted in the form 20 which, fashion the toe. t

of tabs.` It is conventional practice to knit re- In a modified form of the invention the elastic inforced fabric to form the heel a, which reinyarn is not knitted all around the toe. and can forcement consists of heavier yarn, and the re.. be omitted in part of the area of the toe, for ex- 35 inforcement is knitted above the heel fabric to ample, aCI'OSS the OP 0I' bOttOm- One fOrm 0f form the high splice' Q this modification is shown in Figure 3, in which,

In the preferred practice of the present invenbeginning with the course 2i, the elastic Yarn iS tion knitting with the conventional reinforcing knitted in portions only 0f SuCCeSSiVe COillSeS. fOr

4o yam is discenti ed at o, predetermined Course, example, from the bottom ofthe-foot at 22 to the 4o which may he ihgthe high sp1ice,at the beginning Wale indicated at 23. The rest of these courses of the heel or, in the embodiment shown, after are knitted of the usual toe reinforcing yarn to knitting of the hee1 tab has continued for a produce the Cap at 24- A similar result is ob number of courses, as at l0. From this prede tained by knitting a textile yarn throughout each termined course l0 on to the terminal course Il Course in this aree, and knitting elastic yarn in 45 an elasticyarn, such as a rubberized or rubber with the textile yarn between the wales 22 and containing yarn, is substituted for the usual rein- 23. At a predetermined Course, OI' eXaIlflIDle,Y aS forcing yarn.. The elastic yarn may be knitted at 25, the yarn used for knitting the area 24 can in alone, er may be knitted in with a yarn of texbe discontinued, and elastic yarn knitted throughtile ber, within the scope of the invention, either 01113 the Width of the fabric.

. practice affording an added degree of elasticity It will be readily appreciated that the elastic tothe heel ii in all directions of stretch. .The yarn in the toe portion of the stocking will afford elastic yarn may be knitted throughout the width traverse yield and longitudinal yield, the latter of the tab, for example, to the topping line I2, contributing to the elimination of fabric strain oo or it may be knitted throughout only a portion lengthwise of the foot 5, from the toe 1 to the heel 55 usual reinforcing yarn, and continued throughi where in the toe or where desired, as for example along the fashioning lines 2l as indicated in Fig- In Figure 2 the invention is shown as applied to the, so-called, seamless or round-and-round knit stocking. At a predetermined course in the high splice 2l or in the heel 2l knitting is begun with elastic yarn. For example, and as shown, after a predetermined number of courses of heel narrowing have been knitted, as indicated at 29, the heel reinforcing yarn may be thrown out and elastic yarn substituted. Knitting with the elastic yarn is then continued during the rest of the narrowing, and during widening to the course indicated at 30, for example, which meets the narrowing course 29 as shown. This produces the elastic area indicated at 3i.

In a similar manner, narrowing of the toe can continue to the course indicated at 32 with the out the continued narrowing, and during widening until the course at 33 is reached, which meets course 22. This produces an elastic toe pocket at Il.

The elastic pockets Il and Il in the heel and toe, respectively, extend to and through the re'- ''he elastic heel pocket 3l and the elastic toe pocket 34, perform functions in seamless hosiery the same as or similar to the elastic areas in the heel and toe 8 and 1, respectively, of the full fashioned stocking shown in Figure l, and a like manner.

The disclosure of the specitlcation and drawings presents some embodiments of the practice of the invention. Others will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art and we, therefore, do not undertake to limit ourselves to the structures disclosed, but the scope of our invention is determined by the accompanying claims.

We claim: 'Y

1. A stocking knitted mainly of .inelastic textile yarn, and comprising a fashioned area subjected to strain and including fashioning lines, an

elastic aree.y comprising elastic yarn knitted in successive courses into fabric, the elastic area extending to and through the fashioning lines.

2. A stocking knitted mainly of inelastic textile yarn, and comprising a fashioned area 'sub-1 jected to strain and including fashioning lines, an elastic area comprising elastic yarn knitted into fabric, the elastic area extending to and through the fashioning' lines, and Ventilating means provided in the elastic area comprising openwork knitting.

SAMUEL I. BURD. MARTIN M. BURD. 

